Dating apps data collection and tracking on iOS 2022

According to a January 2022 analysis of the leading dating apps downloaded from the Apple App Store, the Badoo mobile app was indexed as collecting the largest number of data types from its users' activity. Bumble and HER ranked second, with an index value of close to 68, respectively. Grindr had a reported index value of 62, while market leader Tinder was indexed with a value of 38.4.

Mobile dating apps with the highest number of data types collected from iOS users as of January 2022, by index value

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April 2022

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Worldwide

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January 2022

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data concering the 50 most downloaded dating apps in the Apple App store

Supplementary notes

According to the source: "based on the 32 types of data that the Apple Store lists. Apps from the Google Play Store might have different privacy settings."

The source developed a point rating based on four different types of data collected by the 50 most downloaded mobile dating apps from the Apple App Store: 1) Data not linked to a user (such as app crash data); 2) Data linked to a user (such as names); 3) Data used to track users (such as User ID); 4) Data for third-party advertising.

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